New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) have named former England cricketer Carl Crowe as their new spin bowling coach for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 event on Tuesday.
The event was confirmed after the Lucknow-based franchise shared a publish on their X deal with.
https://x.com/LucknowIPL/status/1993193133698695182
The previous England cricketer, who’s a outstanding determine in T20 spin-bowling teaching for over a decade, beforehand labored with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) throughout the IPL 2024 season.
Carl is thought for his insightful strategy to T20 spin bowling. He performed a vital function in KKR’s spin bowling assault throughout the IPL 2024 version, the place they lifted the title underneath the management of Shreyas Iyer.
Crowe has additionally labored in numerous T20 world cricket leagues, together with the Massive Bash League (BBL), T20 Blast, and International T20 Canada. The previous England had an unconventional methodology of getting spin bowlers apply delivering ‘unhealthy balls’ in web classes.
The 50-year-old by no means made his England debut. Nevertheless, Carl performed 50 First Class matches, 40 Listing A and one T20 sport. He amassed 695 in First Class, 187 in Listing A and 9 runs within the T20s.
The IPL 2026 mini-auction will happen on December 16 in Abu Dhabi.
Speaking about LSG, the franchise has retained a complete of 17 gamers, together with 13 Indians and 4 abroad gamers, forward of the IPL 2026 mini public sale.
India’s Take a look at vice-captain Rishabh Pant will lead Lucknow throughout the IPL 2026 version.
Aside from Pant, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Mohsin Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahamad, Avesh Khan, Akash Singh, Digvesh Rathi, M Siddharth, Abdul Samad, and Mayank Yadav will as soon as once more don Lucknow’s jersey within the upcoming version of the IPL.
Australia’s T20I captain Mitchell Marsh, West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran, South Africa’s T20I skipper Aiden Markram, and Matthew Breetzke are retained because the abroad cricketers for the IPL 2026 season.
David Miller, Ravi Bishnoi, Aryan Juyal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Will O’Rourke, and Shamar Joseph have been launched by LSG.
Shardul Thakur was traded to the Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crore. However, Mohammad Shami, a Purple Cap winner, was traded from the Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 crore. Arjun Tendulkar has additionally been roped in from the Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakhs. (ANI)
